NewsBlog: Health care reporters on the take? Posted by Ivan Oransky [Entry posted at 30th July 2007 11:44 AM GMT] In a reminder that members of Congress -- oh, and bloggers, too -- need fact-checkers as much as journalists do, Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) felt the need to put out a press release Friday apologizing to three prominent health care reporters. Here's what happened: On July 23, Daily Kos reported that ABC's Nancy Snyderman, NBC's Robert Bazell, and PBS' Susan Dentzer were members of the Speakers Network at America's Health Insurance Plans... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: For one patient, stem cells show promise Posted by Ivan Oransky [Entry posted at 2nd July 2007 11:14 AM GMT] In this week's Lancet, several Norwegian cardiologists urge caution before testing stem cell therapies in patients following heart attacks. Three of the clinical trials so far haven't shown any positive effects, and the one that did was questionable, they write. At least one patient in Michigan didn't like being subjected to one such experiment in 2003; he's... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this blog

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